the ending to my Children of EO playlist drives me fuckin wild cuz like-
those are sorted in the order according to who gets ascended by Saint at the end of it all. it's all instrumentals (except the last one). they no longer sing- they are unable to. their cogs are only left to stutter at this meek ending of their lives
it all starts with Boreas who's still kicking quite well thanks to his self-repair ability. he's still grand and strong, even if he's wavering and so damnably lonely. HE's the only one who puts up a fight against Saint. the instruments crescendo with all of his might and then-! ...then he fails and falls to the floor of his chamber defeated. everything goes quiet. the soft flute bids him farewell as he finally allows himself to pass on to Rubicon. finally lets go of his anger. there is nothing left- the flames of a fight have no place in these blizzards, stop lying to yourself. you are only twisting melancholy into a blade in your heart. come rest...
then Saint comes across Notos. the remnants of its chamber are chaotic, without any order at this point. the fireflies made homes in the gaps between the dislodged plates of its chamber, in the darkness they play charades- inventing new constellations with their bodies. but its still here. its still alive. it wants to help- let it speak to you. Notos' story can't be over, yet- it REFUSES an ending. it will bite and claw against death if it has to. "please, let me be your guide." begs an unusually large and sturdy overseer. you accept. the melody will accompany you still
Zephyr is a mess when they finally make it to her. she's so weak and vulnerable to everything, hardly even present- she's only here because as an Iterator there's nowhere else to go for her. complete death isn't an option. the puppet has been crushed into so many bits and blown away by the wind that she cannot be ascended as normal. it's horrifying. but it's... her corpse is beautiful, in a way. the light filters through cautiously, it's warmer than outside, animals sleep on the edges of what once used to be her ramshackle hardware. the gentle sadness and quiet despair that wandered along with her anger her whole life fades away carefully to the tones of bells as they find her heart. she finally doesn't have to hurt anymore...
they make it through the thoroughly rotted innards of Euros last of the Anemoi Iterators. it's all chaos inside- the rot may have died at last, but dangerous fauna And flora has spread through him. it's panic, it's a rush rush rush, swelling of the melody until finally... Finally they get to the puppet chamber. the melody resolves, finds some kind of order. it calms. he's lying right there, torn clothes, curled into himself
AND THEN "GROW" COMES ON AND ITS A HAHEEHOO, IT'S *SUCH* A GOOD SONG TO LEAVE THEIR STORY OFF, THEIR ENTIRE PART OF THE WORLD- ALMOST ALL OF IT FITS THEM AND THEIR CORNER SO NICELY AAAAAAAAAAA
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I posted 8,123 times in 2022
That's 1,044 more posts than 2021!
34 posts created (0%)
8,089 posts reblogged (100%)
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I tagged 8,109 of my posts in 2022
#queue and me we're in this together now - 8,042 posts
#asoiaf - 5,703 posts
#asoiaf art - 4,399 posts
#excellent - 1,976 posts
#lovely - 1,364 posts
#asoiaf graphics - 944 posts
#house of the dragon - 940 posts
#sansa stark - 524 posts
#lololol - 510 posts
#fancasting - 498 posts
Longest Tag: 139 characters
#dunno if “a familicide” is a title in the same way “a regicide” is? oh oed says “parricide” was the word though it usually means father now
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
"Peace", by rhett_77/@rhe77, posted to tumblr with the permission of the artist.
383 notes - Posted July 1, 2022
#4
Ok, so, this is probably ridiculous, and I can't believe I have a House of the Dragon theory before it even airs (I can barely believe I have a HOTD theory at all), but...
Since the release of The Princess and the Queen in 2013, and through everything published about the Dance of the Dragons since then (TRP, TWOIAF, F&B), it's known that Daemon and Aemond Targaryen have a lot of parallels. Besides the most obvious point of their names (just move the D, lol), they're both hotheaded, vengeful, kinslayers, brutal and ruthless, excellent swordsmen, more martial and physically active than their kingly older brother who they were nevertheless devoted to... culminating in their final showdown in the Battle Over the Gods Eye, the aging older model vs the would-be "new hotness". Though a major difference is that fandom tends to treat Aemond as far more of a pretentious wannabe, a bad Xerox copy with his marysueish sapphire eye and ooh so hardcore dialogue, generally disliked while Daemon is beloved (or at least opinions are far more split), the Darkstar to his Oberyn.
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399 notes - Posted August 21, 2022
#3
He didn’t break his oath but he broke my heart 💔 - by Rachel Hoo (raychelwho)
936 notes - Posted October 25, 2022
#2
"But Rhaenyra's heir was a bastard! That means the Greens were right to support Aegon II instead of her!"
So you're telling me, if Rhaenyra had by chance married Harwin Strong, and he was her only husband, and she had 5 very legitimate dark-haired sons with him... Alicent would've just sat back and let Rhaenyra take the throne instead of Aegon? Criston would have? Otto would have? All the other lords of Westeros would have preferred a woman as ruling Queen, instead of the king's son?
Well. That's news to GRRM, because in an early version of the Dance, Rhaenyra was married to a Strong, and had three legitimate kids with him... and the Dance of the Dragons still happened.
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1,119 notes - Posted October 6, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
When I first met him... he was the most gallant of lovers. He knew so many things.
He delighted in sharing his knowledge. He had a castle full of treasures, and he took such pleasure in showing them, giving them to me.
He was so gentle, and his skin felt like white silk against my skin.
And I gave what I could give to one such as he. When we made love, it was like a flame: I felt utterly engulfed, utterly loved. Treasured.
I have been with many poets, many dreamers... but his love alone was ice and fire. His eyes were stars.
Calliope, in The Sandman #71, by Neil Gaiman
4,271 notes - Posted August 19, 2022
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i live under a rock when it comes to anything happening and i Only know tiktok songs from overhearing my sister but everytime i recognize one being played in public, its usually the full song being played, and everytime i think they always pick the worst sounding part of the song to make a meme out of
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"you're not meant to eat toothpaste"
ok then why is it tasty
who put the taste in this paste if it's for my tooth and not my tongue.
CLEARLY the designers wanted me to do SOMETHING with the taste property of this paste otherwise they wouldn't have put it there, but i suppose the copious amounts of fluoride must also be there to deter you from eating it for some reason
what's the point of the funky colors then??? you go the lengths of making the paste minty and colorful with like shiny flakes n shit and then you make it inedible? what sort of garden of eden forbidden fruit bullshit is this. Is there like a writing metaphor at play here? ooo this thing u have to put in your exposed mouth bones once maybe twice a day or so will forever tempt you to eat it but if you do you die ooo it's like... about instant gratification or some shit it sucks this is bad writing hand over your pen
and how come they ALL do the same stuff. LET ME BITE INTO THE PLASTIC THING WITH THE MINTY GOOP I NEED TO TEAR IT OPEN OAGGG!!!
so called "free thinkers" when toothpaste... maybe there's a big untouched market for edible toothpaste out there you never know
oh wait perhaps the taste is there to get rid of whatever taste was in your mouth prior yeah i guess that makes more sense
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